A convicted murderer has become the first inmate to die from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
John Walsh from Cork passed away in hospital in Portlaoise on Monday, after being transferred from Midlands Prison nearby.
He also had a terminal illness and was aged in his 50s.
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Mr Walsh was serving a life-sentence, after being convicted of the murder of John McManus in Cork in 2008.
Mr McManus' body was discovered dumped in a ditch near Ballyduff in North Kerry.
